The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

Science history is filled with brilliant minds whose contributions have gone largely unrecognized or deliberately overlooked.

But putting forward a theory of progress is not only a way of settling a theoretical dispute; it’s also a move with real stakes. As confidence in collective life wanes, progress can seem not merely ...

“It has been suggested that the universe could be simulated,” said Dr. Faizal in a statement. “If such a simulation were ...